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Kent, Washington
February 16, 1999
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at
7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor Pro Tem Orr. Present : Councilmembers Amodt,
Brotherton, Epperly and Yingling. Operations Director/Chief of
Staff McFall , City Attorney Lubovich, Planning Director Harris,
and Finance Director Miller. Approximately 15 people were in
attendance at the meeting.
CONSENT EPPERLY MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A
CALENDAR through K be approved. Yingling seconded and the
motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6A)
Approval of Minutes . APPROVAL of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of February 2 , 1999 .
HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6I)
SANITATION Washington Avenue Self Storage. ACCEPTANCE of
the Bill of Sale for Washington Avenue Self
Storage submitted by Plemmons Hutchens LLC for
continuous operation and maintenance of 372 feet
of watermain improvements and release of bonds
after expiration period, as recommended by the
Public Works Director. The project is located at
415 Washington Avenue North.
PLATS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6J)
South Ridge Preliminary Plat SU-98-4 SET
March 2 , 1999, as the date for a public meeting
to consider the Hearing Examiner' s recommendation
of approval with conditions of the South Ridge
Preliminary Plat application.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6K)
Meridian Ridge Preliminary Plat SU-98-8 SET
March 2, 1999, as the date for a public meeting
to consider the Hearing Examiner' s recommendation
of approval with conditions of the Meridian Ridge
Preliminary Plat application.
(OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 7A)
Mmerald Ridge Preliminary Plat SU-98-16. This
date has been set to consider the Hearing
Examiner' s recommendation of approval with
conditions dated January 6, 1999, for the Emerald
Ridge Preliminary Plat .
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PLATS Planning Manager Satterstrom explained for
Councilmember Amodt that it is completely up to
the developer as to when individuals can begin
purchasing homes because it depends on how long
it takes to make the improvements required. He
noted that when Council approves the preliminary
plat the developer is free to make application
for the final plat . He noted that if the
developer were to bond everything, not build but
just post a bond for the plat, it would make the
process very quick and lots could be sold accord-
ingly. He noted that the developer for this plat
has not indicated which way he intends to go, but
if he chooses the bond it could probably be
coming for final approval sometime this summer.
Satterstrom explained that it generally takes a
year to complete the lots, get the final plat
approved, and then sell the lots .
Councilmember Brotherton expressed concern re-
garding the cul-de-sac that is planned for this
development . Upon Brotherton' s question,
Satterstrom noted that there is private property
beyond the cul-de-sac which has already been
platted and that it would be impossible to extend
a road beyond the plat .
Planning Director Harris noted for Amodt that
the development is included in the 277th Street
Corridor Project . Satterstrom explained that the
plat is subject to environmental mitigation
because there is not currently any cut-off date
for inclusion or exclusion from the 277th
Corridor Project for developments in general .
Amodt noted that a new Task Force has been
created to deal with mitigation issues so that
future buyers are aware of and understand their
responsibilities concerning these agreements that
they may be required to sign. Orr noted that by
the time the homes in this development are under
construction there may be new rules regarding
title searches so it may be more clear in the
future than it has been in the past .
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PLATS YINGLING MOVED to approve the Hearing Examiner' s
recommendation of approval with conditions of the
Emerald Ridge Preliminary Plat application.
Brotherton seconded and the motion carried.
COMP PLAN & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6G)
ZONING Mixed Use DeveloFment. ADOPTION of Ordinance
AMENDMENTS No. 3440 relating to Comprehensive Plan and
Zoning Code Amendments for mixed use development
requiring residential development in the mixed
use overlay in the general commercial (GC) zone
to be combined with commercial development, and
further revising some development standards in
the mixed use overlay in the general commercial
(GC) zone to be consistent with development
standards in the mixed use overlay in the com-
munity commercial (CC) and office (0) zoning
districts .
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6H)
Comprehensive Plan And Zoning Amendments.
ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 3441 relating to 1998
Comprehensive Plan Amendments CPA-98-2 (D) , CPA-
98-2 (E) , CPA-98-2 (G); and ADOPTION of Ordinance
No. 3442 relating to Zoning Map changes CPZ-98-4,
CPZ-98-5, and CPZ-98-7 . These ordinances would
amend the Comprehensive Plan' s Land Use Map
designations and Zoning Map Designations of
parcels of property more specifically identified
in the ordinances, as well as amend the Capital
Facilities Element of the Comprehensive Plan
CPA-98-2 (K) . Items CPA-98-2 (B) , CPA-98-2 (I) ,
CPA-98-2 (J) and CPA-98-2 (L) were tabled at the
Council meeting of February 2 , 1999 .
SUBDIVISION (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 7B)
CODE AMENDMENT Subdivision Code Text Amendment SCA-99-I.. The
Land Use and Planning Board held a public hearing
on January 26, 1999, to consider an amendment to
the Kent Subdivision Code to increase the time
period allowed to finalize and record a short
plat . The Board recommends adoption of the
proposed ordinance revising Section 12 . 04 .280 of
the Kent Subdivision Code increasing this time
period.
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SUBDIVISION Planning Manager Satterstrom explained that the
CODE AMENDMENT existing time period for approval of a short plat
is 6 months and that the applicant can request a
6 month extension just by submitting a letter to
the Planning Department . He noted that a great
percentage of the short plats go the full year by
requesting the extension but that several of the
short plats have been running up against the
1-year time line . He further noted that staff
supports extending the time period to allow
additional time for finalizing the improvements,
dedications, and getting the paperwork completed.
He explained that the proposed amendment would
give a 1-year time period with a request for a
1-year extension. He noted that all of the short
plats would be easily completed within two years
but that the 1-year time frame is a little tight .
BROTHERTON MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 3443
amending Section 12 . 04 . 280 of the Kent
Subdivision Code, as recommended by the Land
Use & Planning Board. Amodt seconded and the
motion carried.
WETLAND (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6C)
ENHANCEMENT Wetland Enhancement Conceptual Plan At
CONCEPTUAL Springbrook Greenbelt. ACCEPTANCE of the Wetland
PLAN Enhancement Conceptual Plan at Springbrook
Greenbelt, subject to approval of permitting
agencies, and authorization to enter into an
agreement with Matlack, Inc .
SEWERS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6D)
Sewer Comp Plan. ADOPTION of the Sewer Comp Plan
subject to the issuance of a DNS or MDNS where
the conditions are of an inconsequential nature
as to the content of the Plan, as determined by
the Public Works Director, and as recommended by
the Public Works/Planning Committee.
STREET LICENSE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6E)
Worldcom/MFS Street License. APPROVAL of and
AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign the limited
street license between the City of Kent and
Metropolitan Fiber Systems of Seattle, Inc .
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TECHNOLOGY (BIDS - ITEM 8A)
PLAN Centennial Infrastructure Wiring. As part of the
1998-2000 Tech Plan, the Centennial Center
building was identified for rewiring to meet
category 5 wiring specifications . The new wiring
infra-structure will have a direct impact on
productivity and allow computer equipment to
communicate with other networked resources at
optimal speed and performance. Our consultant,
Northwest Information Services (NIS) , developed
and published the request for proposal specs .
The City received 6 responses . After careful
review, NIS recommends an award to the lowest
bidder, BTS Communications . The BTS response is
in the amount of $91, 130, which is $12 , 870 below
our engineering estimate.
EPPERLY MOVED to authorize the Mayor to enter
into a contract with BTS Communications for the
Centennial Center Infrastructure wiring, subject
to City Attorney approval, in the amount of
$91, 130 . 77 .
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6B)
AiDoroval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the
bills received through January 29, 1999, and paid
on January 28 & 29, 1999, after approval on
February 2 , 1999 .
Approval of checks issued for vouchers :
Date Check Numbers Amount
1/28/99 211862-212068 $ 414,405 . 63
1/28/99 212069-212325 1, 535, 175 . 16
1/28/99 212326-212587 1, 282 , 987 .44
$3 , 232, 568 . 23
Approval of checks issued for payroll for
January 1 through January 15 and paid on
February 5, 1999 :
Date Check Numbers Amount
2/5/99 Checks 233343-233677 $ 788, 670 . 39
2/5/99 Advices 75767-76379 245, 378 . 50
$1, 034, 048 . 89
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COUNCIL (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6F)
Council Absences. APPROVAL of an excused absence
from the February 16, 1999, City Council meeting
for Councilmembers Woods and Clark. They will be
unable to attend.
REPORTS Council President. Orr noted that the Operations
Committee has been re-scheduled for February 23 ,
1999 at 3 :30 p.m.
Public Safety Committee. Epperly noted that the
next meeting will be held on February 23 , 1999 at
5 : 00 P.M.
Public Works/Planning Committee. Epperly noted
that the next meeting is scheduled for tomorrow
(February 17, 1999) at 3 :30 p.m.
Parks Committee. Epperly noted that today' s
meeting was cancelled and that the next meeting
will be the third Tuesday in March (March 16,
1999) at 4 : 00 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7 : 17 p.m.
Donna Swaw
Deputy City Clerk
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